T-Mobile's Galaxy Note II Costs $369

Really

I mean really T-Mobile, after all you are not the best carrier of them all and on top of that you are going to sell this phone with the most expensive price??? Come on really??? And $369.00 after the mail in rebate. Wow just wow.

I hear you, I'm certainly not going to be buying the Galaxy Note II on any carrier, least of all T-Mobile. $300+ is way too much for a contract phone IMO, but this is a high end half-smartphone, half-tablet device that's going to have high demand.

Why not just wait for black friday and get it for $200.00 or probably $150.00. It happens every year with every phone , they go in a crazy special that weekend. I'm getting 2 of them so I'll wait for that weekend. Just not on T-Mobile.

Thats because very few things work like cell phones do. If cable companies broadcasted over specific frequencies and only certain tvs could get that service - it would be the same.

Its the nature of the cellular industry which is the reason it's so messed up, and I agree it completly is.

If the FCC mandated that all cellular devices are compatable with all carriers in the United States, things might be different, but they'll never do that becuase that would be bad for business. Hey- Just becuase a cell phone can be used with another carrier doesnt mean people wouldn't still be responsible for an ETF.

Business made the industry what it is today. Letting anybody use your device on any service or any way they want to just doesn't...(continues)

The rate plans will determine how much profit the company is making off your service each month. If, let's say as an example, AT&T is making $20 more a month per smartphone than T-Mobile, then they're making a whole $480 more over the course of the contract than T-Mobile. Then they can return a portion of that extra profit to the customer by giving them a larger phone subsidy.

I'm not saying I disagree, it is a messed up system. But without it, who would own phones? The iPhone 5 starts at $649, you're getting a $450 subsidy there! Most good Android phones are over $400. People demand less expensive phones, and the two options available are for the manufacturers to cut costs and produce shoddy phones (like we see on MetroPCS or other pre...(continues)

I worked for T-Mobile a couple of years ago. And this wasent really the case back then. People will not be happy with the MIR plus $369.00. And it only is cheaper if you go thrue there Loyalty department.

" Alternately, customers wishing to subscribe to one of T-Mobile's Value Plans can make a $249.99 downpayment on the Note II, followed by 20 monthly payments of $20 on their bill via T-Mobile's Equipment Installment Plan (EIP). "

So in other words $249.99 down payment = $20 X 20 = $249.99 + $400 = $649.99. What the hell is this??? Of course there won't be a MIR with this travesty, that's s a full on rape right there. But I have to assume that Erik mis wrote that part.

Why would that be a mistake? That's how the Value plan works. You get a cheap plan with no contract, and you buy the phone for full price. Its just this way you don't pay full price up front, but spread out over a payment plan.

Granted, Value Plan + $20 device payment makes your monthly costs probably about the same as going to one of the other carriers and getting a subsidy (though without the service contract)